2017 Schools Competition

in association with ASDA

‘Eating Healthy Local Food’

The Ulster Farmers’ Union, in partnership with Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend and Asda, are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 ‘Eating Healthy Local Food’ schools competition.

The competition kindly sponsored by Asda was open to all nursery, primary and special schools across Northern Ireland. Pupils were asked to put their creative skills to the test around the theme, ‘Eating Healthy Local Food’ with a range of prizes up for grabs. This year, the winning schools will also visit their nearest participating open farm on Friday 16th June to learn more about the ‘farm to fork’ journey. With over 2,500 entries received, this year’s competition was extremely difficult to judge and select the winners.

“Our objective was to engage with the kids and get them thinking about farming and how the food they eat gets to their plate and the hard work that goes into producing this food,” said UFU deputy president Ivor Ferguson. “The standard of all the entries make it clear the considerable amount of time and work that both the pupils and teachers put in to this competition and I would like to thank everyone that took part this year,” he said.

Joe McDonald, Asda NI Corporate Affairs Manager commented, “As a proud sponsor of the schools’ competition, it was fantastic to see such a large number of entries this year – with pupils from both urban and rural areas across Northern Ireland submitting their artwork. As a committed supporter of Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector through Asda’s local supply base, the theme of the competition was particularly important. ‘Eating Healthy Local Food’ encouraged pupils to think about where their food comes from and how it gets from farms to their forks via a wealth of local food and drink producers.”

The winners of the 2017 ‘Eating Healthy Local Food’ schools competition are as follows:

Special schoolCaelainn, Mitchel House, East Belfast

NurseryDeclan Garland, Holy Child Nursery School, West Belfast

KS1Max Bates, St.Patrick’s Primary School, Glenariff, Ballymena

KS2Niamh Lyons, Kircubbin Integrated Primary School

The Runners-up of the 2017 ‘Eating Healthy Local Food’ schools competition is as follows:

Special SchoolLeah Savage, Beechlawn School

NurseryPoppy Lour Kenny, Ballysally Nursery School

KS1Freya Flanagan, St.Patrick’s Primary School, Ballynahinch

KS2Stephen McIlmoyle, Rasharkin Primary School

Well done to all our winners and to every pupil who took part!

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SUMMARY

Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend is delighted to support the Northern Ireland Year of Food and Drink 2016 which is being co-ordinated by Tourism NI, supported by Food NI.

The Ulster Farmers’ Union led initiative, principally supported by Bank of Ireland UK, has been running since 2012 and has attracted almost 60,000 people throughout that time.

The free event gives families the opportunity to get onto farms and into our infamous green fields and apple orchards to discover for themselves where our local food journey begins.